Outlaws of Thunder Junction w/Taalia Vess | Game Knights 69 | Magic The Gathering Commander Gameplay
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Howdy stranger!
I take it you ain’t from around these parts. This here’s Game Knights: Outlaws of Thunder Junction, and we got all sorts of seedy characters. Keep an eye out for newcomer Taalia Vess, MTG influencer, personality, and known ne’er-do-well. Then there’s the dastardly Ashlen Rose, back again from parts unknown. They’ll be face-to-face with the regulars, Josh Lee Kwai and Jimmy Wong. Looks like a Wild West stand-off for the ages. You won’t wanna miss it!
It’s Ghired vs. Felix vs. Obeka vs. Breeches
This town ain’t big enough for the four of ‘em, cuz ONLY ONE MAY STAND!
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Where to find our guests online:
Taalia Vess:
Twitter: @TaaliaVess
Instagram: @taaliavess
WhatNot: @taaliavess
TikTok: @taaliavess
Twitch: / taaliavess
Ashlen Rose:
Twitter: @AshlenRose
Instagram: @rawritsashlen
TikTok: @ashlen_rose
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Deck Lists:
Taalia’s Ghired:
www.archidekt.com/decks/68641...
Ashlen’s Felix:
www.archidekt.com/decks/68571...
Jimmy’s Breeches:
www.archidekt.com/decks/68565...
JLK’s Obeka:
www.archidekt.com/decks/68563...
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Credits:
Director & Lead Editor: Josh Murphy
Executive Producer: Josh Lee Kwai
Co-Producer: Jimmy Wong
Editors: Manson Leung & Jake Boss
Lead VFX: Sam Waldow
VFX Artist: Evan Limberger
Post Production Supervisor: Jake Boss
Assistant Editor: Arthur Meadowcroft
Director of Photography: Jake Boss
Sound Mix & Rules Expert: Josh Murphy
Writers: Jamie Block & Jordan Pridgen
Art Director: Ashlen Rose
Deck Coordinators: Rachel Weeks & Jamie Block
Theme Music: Post Malone
Western Music Arrangement: Zach Heyde
Main Title Sequence: Gaurav Gulati
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Everyone: western attire
Josh: Depeche Mode gloves
Hey they were cowbows in Personal Jesus...Kinda...
Baha I was thinkin the same thing. It took me a bit to realize that maaaaybe a bandit/gun-for-hire might been into wearing skin tight leather/latex(?) gloves?
He's been staring down the barrel of a gun and he just can't get enough.
He's just getting back from a 80's break dancing competition. Or, a early 90s rave. Can't decide which.
BDSM
"Even if I could, I wouldn't!" spoken like a true outlaw.
*spit in the spit jar*
Josh desperately trying to remember a new month he hadn’t already said each time was perfection.
That spring-leaf avenger and keeper of fables animation went insanely hard what the absolute heck
Yeah I went back to re-watch and went "whoa what was that card again?"
@@brianpendleton2674 Lol! Me too! Usually I am not a sucker for animations, but here I was like"did they animated this just for these two cards specifically!?"
Coz that 2 cards carry Ashlen
came here to say this, blending the 2 cards into one animation was fire
Absolute praise to the graphics team on that intro. The campiness of this episode is top tier without being overly cheesy. 12/10 production
Yeah, this is what I definitely appreciate about the episode. They put a lot of effort into production and were fun without being obnoxious. Immaculate vibes!
1:04:00; because Glissa has First Strike, her combat damage and abilities would resolve before the sphinx, meaning Ashlen could have destroyed the Parallel Lives and Warleader's Call before she flipped into the Unexplained Absence. Taalia still could have done all those actions in response to the Glissa trigger, so it doesn't really change much, but figured it was worth pointing out.
To add, she also couldnt pay any spree costs with the sphinx which also didnt matter much😅
Spree costs are additional costs, you can add those onto spells you "cast without paying their mana cost", since that is an alternate cost. You chose which alternate cost (if any), then choose additional costs, then discounts, then check trinisphere.
Also also Taalia optimal play would be to do her creation trick to kill josh before he takes Glissa damage, but this is a more exciting play anyway :P
@@romeesiothat was the line.
Yeah, I also thought of that particular missed trigger!
Josh: immediately picks the most "kill on-sight" commander possible
Josh when people kill his commander: >:(
Howdy y'all! 🤠 This was a great time!! Those dad gum pesky cards
GG Taalia! Your outfit this EP was ✨🎉🔥
Spoilers!! I'm only halfway through the episode but my phone rotated and this was the top comment...
Way to go though!!!
@@brianpendleton2674 maybe I do win 😊 it's sure looking like it
@@brianpendleton2674 I'll edit it tho ☺️☺️☺️
Really happy to see you finally in Game Knights.
No guys. I did not skip a second of the intro. I loved it.
I’m not gonna lie. I usually skip the intros but this was too funny to miss a second of it. I love when you can tell they’re just having fun. Kudos!!
I did. Video starts at 4:00 for whoever needs it
I skipped it. Cringe af
@@zesmith4509 god bless ya, fella
This is the first time I didn't skip the intro 😂
That Obeka animation is amazing! Props to yall for the stunt work 😂
Unironically sick intro, props to the graphics team 💀
Best thing about the video is Ashlen wearing her cowboy hat backwards😂
I wasn’t even paying attention to the hats till you pointed it out and now I can’t unsee it 😂🤚
Reverse cowgirl
To the editor: I really appreciate the talking heads/board view combo. i.e where the talking heads starts, but then switches to the board view with the talking heads audio still going IF no one else is talking at the table.
I know this isn't new, but felt extra snappy this video.
Talking heads? Mmm. What do you mean?
@@josed.9874 the individual interviews with each player
the *not salty* banter between Josh and Jimmy when Josh kills Etali 😂classic commander moment
Jimmy: I’m not salty… swing everything at Josh 😂
100th expansion set of MTG, 69th episode of Game Knights. Perfection!
nobody going to talk about the cleanest transition at 44:21
Yeah the visuals team are stupidly talented
I feel like the bounty mechanic just makes the strong players stronger, especially with all the combat triggers they require.
Yeah, I think it is not as bad as planechase, but still pretty random for an already random game. Not a fan!
Yeah, they seemed extremely snowball-y. Maybe it would be less impactful if they started on turn 3 or something so everyone's had a chance to develop board a little.
Tougher Than a 2 dollar steak is crazy
Asmon reference lolol
Any $2 steak is going to be rough. I wouldn't go anywhere near that. Food poisoning comes to mind.
it does sound good. But it must have been an expensive meal in the mid to late 19th century US. Even into the 20th, 1$ was a day's wages for many people.
@@zagmir4727 thought the same
That intro made my toes curl right up into my boots!
The silhouettes over Western theme stock footage was genius. 😃
Did you find a snake in there?
Toe? Singular? Landmine or just from Alabama?
just the one
The biggin@@rustknuckleirongut8107
@@rustknuckleirongut8107not that little annoying one in the end, I hate that one
"Forever, I hope!" Jimmy Wong 🤣🤣🤣
Jimmy really treated the intro like a improv challenge
they should call the Monarch, the Sheriff. you become Sheriff when you hit the former sheriff.
This episode's intro was bloody golden. Never been more happy to listen to an ad read
18.57 - Josh showing the exact value of a Rhystic Study there - willing to spend two treasures and 3 life to blow it up as early as possible even though those treasures could have rocketed him ahead next turn. This is absolutely how you are supposed to play against Rhystic.
Well, maybe this had cost him the game.
But in all fairness, I blame mostly the bounty cards for the win. These are not as random as planechasecards but close.
@@Aaackermann yea this video did not make me very excited to try bounties at my lgs
@@Aaackermann I don't think it was the spending too much resources at the time that got Josh but rather his continious feud with Jimmy that distracted them both from real threats. By the time they thought about calling truce it was too late.
As for bounties yeah, they are pretty much reverse Planechase worlds, giving universal reward but some decks just naturally complete them better and it snowballs fast. Also with planes others can sort of interract by rolling the die, where the only way you interract with bounties is by interacting with the player.
I have the impression that's always the case in the last episodes, josh and jimmy swinging at each other and ignoring the other players
"I'm like a sad ... buffalo." That one had me cracking up.
fr i died
But they showed an African buffalo. They should have shown a bison.
HAHA, Josh's western lingo had an element of Macho Man no? Loved it. 100% would recommend.
An Angel in New Capenna gains its wings and smiles everytime a Rhystic study gets destroyed early in a game of Commander
At 1:03:46 with Ashlen’s combat triggers glissa’s trigger should resolve first as it has first strike
If it were going to be removed she could just do the warleaders call thing beforehand so Josh was probably gone either way
Was going to comment this too. Ashlen would have targeted the war leaders call and parallel lives and then Talia would have made all the tokens in response. So Josh would have died anyway. The only thing that changes is that Josh wouldn’t have been around to have anything targeted with unexplained absence. But that doesn’t affect anything.
Edit: the war leaders call would be gone before the unexplained absence in the above instance, so that would also be 1 less damage to everyone as it would not be around to trigger off the cloak.
They also didn’t do the Glisa triggers at 1:15:48. She could have removed six counters from ledger shredder causing it to not trade with her ninja.
Then she would have removed Warleader's Call at that point, which may have saved Josh.
Noticed that as well right away, makes me feel less bad about misplays in home games given it even happens on here.
@@berryjonwell no. Taalia would have acted at that point instead of the response to the instant
So great to see Talia on the show, and great to see Ashlen back!
I Love when they make their own decks instead of using the precons.
15:27 we need more episodes with Jimmy and His Iconic Pirate voice 😂
HOWDY PARTNERS
HOWDY
This town ain't big enough for the two of us, pardner
HOWDY
I'm your huckleberry.
Taalia on Game Knights!! Boy howdy, what an incredible episode!
The episode number is NICE 👌🏼
😂
Haha I loved the Dune references! Really fun game. Was Skeptical that the sultai deck would be too similar to Yarok, but had a nice change of pace!
First time I didn’t skip over the intro. Loved it for the first time in forever
Love Talia and Ashlen being back!!!
I KNEW that Josh would play Obeka
Josh struggling with the Card Kingdom ad read with a cowboy voice 😂
I watch a few of these MTG play throughs and I REALLY love the graphics and speed of yours! THANK YOU to all your video editors and graphic artist. And your hosts are also fun and interesting too!
I’m so glad y’all got a Texan for this episode!
I actually watched the sponsored ads during the first 5 minutes this time!!!!! Keeping the accent through was a great choice 😄😆
I didnt skip any, I genuinely jumped when I saw the notification. Love your vids, got me into magic and kept me in
In even the few short years I've been watching this channel, the production value has gone through the roof. I'm always so impressed by the sets, editing, and most importantly, committal to the bit that you guys put out.
Even though my collection of cards and playing of mtg has taken a long pause due to grad school, I still pull up your new set vids and extra turns every so often to put on.
Keep up the good work!
"Holy cow"! This intro sequence gave me goosebumps. It's a joy to see where all your hard work over the last years have brought you. Keep going an ride towards the sunrise dear Commandzone! 🙂
Josh calling Jimmy salty was quite funny. If that wasn't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is.
Not really. Jimmy is notorious for getting salty in the history of this channel. It’s all jokes, but out of the CZ crew, Josh gets the least salty since he’s all about efficiency and making the right play whereas Jimmy plays on momentum and takes huge gambles.
@nickmitch1734 I know Jimmy is usually the salty one. It's more that in this particular moment, it was pretty clear that Josh was quite salty and so it was "the pot calling the kettle black"
@@bfeldz1023 Josh didn’t really seem salty there bruh idk what you’re talking about, maybe Josh was a little salty but Jimmy was the one doing the classic “I understand your decision” salty monologue
@@nickmitch1734 you are crazy if you can't hear the salt in his voice
3:46 that intro was amazing! just so so cool :D
Ashlens side profile at @1:09:53 is like... adorably menacing 😂 Good shot yall behind the cameras and editors for catching it 👌🏾
Wow - excellent animations and flavor! I've loved the show since the beginning, but my gosh have you guys added so much! Great work to your team, and THANK-YOU!
Taalia looking like a pro poker player
1:03:50 glissa's two triggers should've come before the sphinx due to first strike. it wouldn't have changed anything about the outcome but i'm a little know-it-all, so there ya go. great episode, very entertaining and liked the choice of commanders from OTJ very much!! :)
Wouldn’t Josh just lived?
Bro the production quality always makes me smile. Great work as always command cast!
I think this is the first game I have rooted for Josh but I just think Obeka is a cool card.
How did Taalia cast all the stuff off of her jeska’s will with only red mana? Like the path to exile ?
She had treasure open to use as the plains
That intro made my member stand straight up
howdy
All ready for game knights 69! Nice!
Yeeehaww partner
that opening cinematic, probably my favorite of all time.
Super appreciate the use of reflectors to bounce light back up to the face with all them wide rimmed hats on!
....*30 mins of cowboy voice later*, "Please stop."
Video at 3:45
Thanks, Caleb.
Wait...
This is my first time watching command zone and I am incredibly impressed by the production and the interaction between everyone. It is very good and I both enjoyed it and learned from it
As always, major props to the editing and effects in this episode! I loved the cutaway to random animals and clips, and the effects for the cards (especially Infernal Grasp, that shi- was AMAZING!) were superb!
Love it, guys!
And on a different note, I was surprised at how fun WotC was able to make the set (at least, how it seems to be so far.) When they announced a cowboys/western themed set some time back, I _really_ expected a lot less from them. Way to give us another pretty cool set in recent times!🤙
The glissa should have triggered first because of first strike so the warleader's call should have been gone before the sphinx triggered.
Taalia could have created the tokens at any time, so didn't matter
Why didn't taalia just keep making tokens till she won?
@@davidrolland150 She would need infinite mana for that
Ok I didn't know about the mana cost ty for getting me to double check the card
Glissa should have triggered before Dazzling Sphinx due to first strike. This would have gotten rid of the war leaders call earlier, Vess may have still done what she did in response, but they should have caught this.
I play Glissa as my commander in my best deck. It's nice to see someone else realize her worth. She's extremely underrated by most players in my opinion.
The intro and ad reads are absolutely demented. Top work
This expansion was fine, but my issue is that this was 100th expansion and should have been made a bigger deal by WoTC. Reaching the miilestone of 100 feels like it should have been noteworthy. right?
Not really, it doesn't matter any way
I don’t think anyone cares about something as arbitrary as that
I don’t really care even though I just found out about it being the 100th yesterday. I swear people are just trying to find dumb reasons to hate on this release lmao
@@verdantfoxy How is being me feeling slightly underwhelmed the same thing as me hating on this release? I am not even saying that the expansion was not a fine choice for the 100th, my core issue was that WoTC could have made the celebration of reaching 100 a bit bigger, there was nothing special about the level of promotion for this than for any thing recently. I had to even double check that it was the 100th expansion since I don't think Wizards even advertised it. Arguably the hype was lower than for some of the recent ones, like the cross over ones, (ie Warhammer and Lord of the Rings) felt like a bigger deals.
I hate to be the downer to such a fun episode, but this game summed up what I have started hating about commander; everyone just playing the same cards over and over. Multiple copies of Toxic Deluge, Jeska's Will, Otawara; the format used to be about fun cards, now it's just the same as any other format. I had hoped for a "Thunder Junction" episode, I'd see more Thunder Junction cards, I just saw boring staple after boring staple. In an effort to make things more efficient, Command Zone is just breeding homogeny.
But the fact that Commander limits people to having only one of each card in their deck reduces the chances of you seeing the same card again and again. The only way to enforce what you want would be to limit the deck build so that only one deck can have any card, which would force the other decks to get different cards. Every format is eventually going to focus on the best cards unless you limit it somehow.
Intro kicks ass! What an incredible job by the editors! Chapeau!
Damn, the production quality is out of this world! Well done on that intro!
the chaos of that intro * chefs kiss *
THREE solid minutes of non stop laughter...fantastic job y'all
Epic intro reel, per usual! Shoutout to the editing team, y’all continue to outdo yourselves 🙏
i love when posty writes this kind of music. i wish he would just drop a whole album of epic orchestral music
Idk why but I laughed out loud for the first ad break. It doesn’t sometimes rain in Seattle….IT ALWAYS DOES!
Alright, that's the coolest intro I've ever seen ya'll do, mighty fine job
Daaaamn this intro is so great. Kudos to the editors, your work is amazing!
Love how everyone is in character. Great video guys!!
This is the first time in years that I haven’t skipped over the opening sponsor dialog. Hats off to you, partners 🤠
What an amazing first Game Knights for Taalia. Great episode and worth the wait for your first appearance. Great game everyone!!!
Amazing production. Great work to everyone involved!
The bounties are an awesome addition. You guys really made this interesting. Truly enjoyed the game. Thank you for sharing. Love you guys.
I get the impression they saved money on the ads to give us more and better card animations, and i am so so grateful! that transition from the avenger to keeper of fables was awesome, as well as the infernal grasp on etali, not to mention the obeka animation!!
what an epic and fun episode. thanks and keep it up - obeka style!
This is without a doubt my favorite episode of game knights, the fashion, the vibes, the guests all 10/10
Man the breacher's voice sample - yarll she blows, is the best one ever! such high quality production!
That intro credit was amazing. Well done
That animation on Etali was absolutely fantastic
Omg that entire intro was amazing. The silly accents. The incredible animation that followed. I’m blown away that was so sick
This has been the best game knights I’ve seen in awhile…keep this type of content going
Love the change of the intro and background. A little mix of the sound I love it awesome keep it going guys
Hey, I couldn't help but notice that this video hasn't been added to the game knights playlist, and I just wanted to bring it to your attention. I'm really looking forward to bloomburrow!
Ita the commitment to the cowboy bit that I appreciate. Josh was holding out hoping Jimmy would drop it first.
Western Jimmy reminds me of the music video he did so long ago for Slow in Reverse, loved that song
I was gonna talk about how Taalia looks especially gorgeous here, I mean just absolutely beautiful, but then I realised that everyone looks so good in this ep! Must be something about the Wild West that gives you all a wonderful glow
As a southerner, I totally appreciate the effort on the accents in the opener 😂 mighty fine job gentlemen.
Ok, that intro credits and theme song arrangement was AWESOME
I think at some point during that intro there was a transition from cowboys to Randy Macho Man Savage
Loved that music when the wurm play happened. In general amazing production (as always, but even better). Thank you guys for these 🎉 🙌
PS: Great to see the good old Ivory Tower and yes that could do some work with that Upkeep commander!
That intro sequence literally might be the best thing you guys have ever done
The first strike on glisa means Ashley would have had to have done the glissa triggers before all of the other ones in that combat where Josh died, the token creation that killed him was still instant speed though ig so it doesn't really matter
Lee Marvin and Sam Elliot are deeply disappointed by the lack of moustaches on display.
How do you guys keep topping how good your show is!?!? AMAZING!!! 10/10 Western from a Texan 🤠